- Date
- April 13, 1989, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15HBNorth American SNJ-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890413007869A
- Case key
- 32424
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that he was trying to expedite his taxi in order to exit the runway. He lost control of the aircraft, it ground looped, & the left wing was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15HB
- Reported as
- North American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 91952
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hatchell, Thomas R
- Registered owner
- Thomas R Hatchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1989 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Muni, runway 27, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,420 total · 260 in this make and model · 1,418 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.